Brooks Energy Gets Same Useless Environmental Notice Treatment
Published Date: 12/15/2025
Notice
Summary
Brooks Energy is giving up its special license for the Lockville Dam on the Deep River, which hasn’t worked since 2020 and was partly removed in 2023. Now, the dam will be fully taken down to help restore the river area, with support from environmental groups and government agencies. An environmental check will be done by April 2026 to make sure everything goes smoothly and safely.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Lockville Dam removal planned
Brooks Energy filed on August 5, 2025 to surrender its exemption for Lockville Dam (Project No. 6276) on the Deep River on the Chatham/Lee County border in North Carolina. The notice says the dam (which has not operated since 2020 and was breached in 2023) will be removed by American Rivers and Resource Environmental Solutions as part of American Rivers' Watershed Restoration of the Upper Cape Fear and Lower Deep Rivers project, with funding and collaborative support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Environmental assessment and public review
Commission staff intend to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the proposed surrender and removal, with a planned completion date of April 14, 2026. The EA will be issued for review and all comments filed on the EA will be reviewed and considered in the Commission's final decision.
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